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8.A. - Page 444 <br /> �tat��nenx on Fin�er l�ver�ue A��, cs <br /> I ant a Finge�•Avenue��esEdent or neighbor,who walks,�icycles ar a#h�ru►3se et�joys tt�� <br /> FfngerAve��ue streetscape,i lrave seen the plans far tl�e McGowan nin c-lat devefoptne��k, <br /> and conclude that it will substantlally degrac�e the exisiing visu�l cl�aracter anc�qual�ty af <br /> the slte and its sureoundings, <br /> What is i�nportank aesthetically a�out sny t�eighbarliaod Is the semi-rural charactet•of the <br /> nortl�sfde of Finger Avene�e,with many hames set far baric f��nm the st reet,xhe sppearattce <br /> �flarge amaunts of ape�space with mature,atd growth tre�s,pravici�s a striking b�ckc#rop <br /> to tl�e humes,The cantrast betw�en the north side oF Pinger Avenue ai�d its soutt�s(cle,with <br /> its n�any quaint,early 2Dth cez�t�iry bungalows arid catt�ges,is sot�rethi ng th�t's unigue to <br /> Redwrood Gfty and tre�sured by its�-�stdet�ts. <br /> �xamples of how ti.te�inger Av�r�ue Project signlflca��t€y degratiss the aesthet[cs nf our <br /> nefghborhoad a�•e, <br /> � Canstructit�t�oFtwo homes wltll wlde twa-stnt�y facades set ba ck the mfr�lmum <br /> altawab]e distance Fram che street.The��e are i�a ltauses�I�at EA rge set that close eo <br /> the street anywhere in our nelghborhoac�, <br /> • Nawhere else an rin�srAvenue are hames this large placed on lats rhls small. <br /> v A�I af the homes are aF sfrntiar size and all trvn-story,as opposed ta the��ix of ho�ne <br /> stzes and I�efghts that are representattve of the narth slde vf�i rzger Avenue, <br /> � Most af ti�ese��ine homes wil}be vtewable fi�atn the publlc stree�There 1s Iittle apen <br /> space and the ttomes are onIy set back a sn�all dlstance f�om th e itarrvw clu�t serves <br /> them(some from 3tt-6�frc�m the alleyway,) Nowhere��aur t�efg�barhnod at•� <br /> liouses situated in this fashion, <br /> + A develvpnsent this ds�isely packed�s incampatibie wltlt the presence oF large <br /> mature trees on the site,7`he eventuai loss of these trees wlll be 1�•rev'e��sib1�. <br /> . The br��kup af tite i�orth side of Finger Av�,by creat3ng two new I:iteesectio�s.The <br /> .narraw alleyway bullt far tlae developm�t�t falls ta tntegrate wf th Ftnger A�venue by <br /> not having a stdewalic ar plant�ng strip against the z�aadway. <br /> • T7►e ane-way alleyway will requfre street stg�is on F[t�ger Ave tn direck traPf�c, <br /> fin•ther eotnprotnising Elie character af t�e north side of t.�e street, <br /> Thc nveral[inass and scale of this development is cumpl�tely out af place in our <br /> neighborhnad,aut of character for the na•th side af Finger Ave�ue and it will anly[ead ta <br /> Further degradatlon oF the uittque character anc�quality af our street. <br /> . <br /> f�ame �.,�MI�.�.�'j��;j:;��,�,�,�.:Ci. �' <br /> f � � �' � r� <br /> Address„�.,_{.� � t ►•�°� � '!`4� Date 'w�� � <br /> r' <br /> ��i .0 :�i,,. ;��•4 ! t ��` t <br /> 1 <br />